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STRAUSS, R.: Symphonia Domestica / Metamorphosen (Weimar Staatskapelle, Wit)

Composer(s):Strauss, Richard
Artist(s) Wit, Antoni, Conductor • Weimar Staatskapelle
Period(s) 20th Century
Genre Classical Music
Category Orchestral
Catalogue 8.570895
Label Naxos
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
MP3
USD 6.99
 

 


Richard Strauss’s orchestral music includes several works with autobiographical significance, including Ein Heldenleben (Naxos 8.554417). Scored for large symphony orchestra, the Symphonia domestica depicts the delights and vicissitudes of married life with Strauss, his wife, child and other family members deftly portrayed in a variety of situations, including a ‘cheerful quarrel’ in which the father has the last word! In contrast, Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings is Strauss’s heartbreaking meditation on the destruction of German culture during World War II.


   




Review By Victor Carr Jr,ClassicsToday.com,June 2010

…Wit again proves himself a master of the Strauss idiom as he brilliantly captures the sound and feel of the piece. The multiple melodic strands of the 23 strings sound clearly in this performance, and the composer’s deep emotion comes through convincingly. Still, as with Domestica’s love scene, the animated central section could do with a bit more thrust, which would draw a greater dramatic contrast…Nonetheless, both performances have their own pleasures, especially with Naxos’ richly detailed recording…providing such beguiling aural stimulation. Recommended.



Review By Arthur Lintgen ,Fanfare,March 2010

The sound is quite good. There is a large orchestral soundstage with good delineation of individual instrumentalists without sounding excessively spotlighted. Bass is more than adequate in the Symphonia domestica. The high frequencies are a little laid back, giving a dark sound that suits this music well…these are good interpretations with solid functional sound. The CD represents great value, and in a less competitive field the performances would be more desirable…



Review By John P McKelvey,American Record Guide,March 2010

…well played…Antoni Wit has made many fine recordings for Naxos…

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Review By Mike D. Brownell ,Allmusic.com,February 2010

…Sinfonia and Metamorphosen are performed with the utmost attention to detail and with a keen ear for technical precision. Wit especially captures the humor and character in Sinfonia, guiding listeners along through a believable and entertaining musical depiction of the Strauss family…



Review By Prof. Kurt Witterstätter,www.klassik.com,January 2010

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Review By Peter Köster,Fono Forum,January 2010


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Review By Ivan March,Gramophone,January 2010

There’s detail in the Domestica as Antoni Wit continues his Strauss survey

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Review By Nick Barnard,MusicWeb International,January 2010

…another powerful disc of Strauss from Wit and his Weimar orchestra. For a Domestica of sheer delight I would turn elsewhere but an excellent Metamorphosen is more than compensation and at the price a Naxos disc well worth the purchasing.



Review By Stephen Habington,The Music Scene,January 2010



Review By RéF,Pizzicato,December 2009


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Review By Gerald Fenech,Music & Vision,November 2009

Richard Strauss is enjoying something of a revival of late with several of his longer tone poems receiving extensive coverage in the music press as well as substantial new recordings being issued.
Naxos is definitely not the label to be left behind, and has recently issued this Symphonia Domestica as well as an interesting disc featuring three symphonic fragments (to be reviewed later in these pages).

Antoni Wit is not a conductor with which you would normally associate Richard Strauss but he turns out to be quite a pleasant surprise in every way with a Domestica that is extremely invigorating and interesting.

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Review By Hugo Shirley,MusicalCriticism.com,October 2009

The orchestra itself is very closely linked with Strauss—the composer was director of the opera there in the 1890s—and with their recording of the Alpensinfonie, also conducted by Antoni Wit, [8.557811]certainly gave their heavy-weight European competitors a run for their money.

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